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The economy may not be raining hard enough to stop the East End party parade. But it may be making it a little bit less boisterous. Fewer companies are holding parties, people are spending less on weddings and conspicuous consumption ...

Prince, Billy Joel, the Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and James Taylor came to the Hamptons two years ago to play a series of concerts in a space built for them from scratch. Manhattan-based The Strategic Group ...

The perfect pairing for a Long Island merlot or chardonnay is live jazz. That’s what the Long Island Wine Council found when it, along with partner organizations, launched Jazz on the Vine during the annual Long Island Winterfest, held in ...

Long Island MacArthur Airport could be closer to linking local travelers to Mexico. The Islip airport’s major carrier Southwest Airlines, whose public relations machine decided a growing panic over a swine flu pandemic that originated in Mexico would be a ...

A local group of Bernie Madoff victims is being forced to cut out luxury spending, which is bad news for a Nassau country club. According to the New York Post, the North Shore Country Club in Glen Head is losing ...

Judging by the lack of attendance at the Nassau Coliseum perhaps no one really cares, but it looks like the old barn on Hempstead Turnpike will host playoff hockey in April. No, the National Hockey League isn’t letting every team ...

“Nothing succeeds like excess,” decreed Oscar Wilde, who spent much of his life making his own truism come true. It’s a timely remark for us now because its impact is clearer in hard times. Like spying a peacock in a ...

Southampton monogram and embroidery shop The Elegant Setting was mentioned in the April edition of Oprah Magazine, the periodical run by mega-celebrity Oprah Winfrey. Elegant’s embroidered linen square cocktail napkins are listed in the “O” list, a selection of recommended ...

Getting a book reviewed, separating it from the pack of other new releases to keep it from falling stillborn from the press, is always a challenge for authors. Getting it reviewed where it means something is a still greater hurdle. ...

Radio station WBLI is holding a “shred your ex” party on Friday the 13th in part to show support for battered R&B beauty Rihanna and to celebrate the horror that is Valentine’s Day for anyone who is single. The station ...